Magical manuscripts in early modern Europe: the clandestine trade In illegal book collections : including a critical edition of a 'catalogus rariorum manuscriptorum' from 1710

Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 2 Exceptionality -- Abstract -- The Leipzig Collection: Part and Parcel of 'Western Learned Magic' -- Exceptional Genre Characteristics -- The Exceptionality of...

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Authors: Bellingradt, Daniel 1978- (Author) ; Otto, Bernd-Christian 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham Springer International Publishing [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:New directions in book history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Magic / Censorship / Handwriting / Book trade / History <1701-1800>
Further subjects:B Book industries and trade--Europe--History--18th century
B Book industries and trade Europe History
B Magic Early works to 1800
B Manuscripts, European
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Print version: Bellingradt, Daniel: Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe : The Clandestine Trade In Illegal Book Collections. - Cham : Springer International Publishing,c2017. - 9783319595245
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Summary:Magical Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- References -- Chapter 2 Exceptionality -- Abstract -- The Leipzig Collection: Part and Parcel of 'Western Learned Magic' -- Exceptional Genre Characteristics -- The Exceptionality of the Collection -- The Exceptionality of the Catalogue -- References -- Chapter 3 Scarcity -- Abstract -- Manuscripts in an Age of Print -- Hunting 'Scarce' Books -- Elitist Networks -- References -- Chapter 4 Illegality -- Abstract -- Polemics and Legal Action Against 'Magic' in the Early Eighteenth Century -- Censorship and Markets for Illegal Books in the Eighteenth Century -- Censoring the Leipzig Collection -- The History of the Collection After 1710 -- References -- Chapter 5 Conclusions -- Abstract -- Reference -- Appendix A: The Catalogus Rariorum Manuscriptorum -- Catalogus Rariorum Manuscriptorum -- Appendix B: Images of the Original Catalogue (1710) -- References -- Index
ISBN:3319595253